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An audience with Kweku Adoboli: ‘I feel broken’

The former UBS director and convicted fraudster describes his purgatorial state as the government tries to deport him

An audience with Kweku Adoboli: ‘I feel broken’
Photo: Danilo Agutoli

Kweku Adoboli walks in carrying an oversized rucksack. It is fitting.

The convicted rogue trader, whose fraudulent activity wiped $4.5bn off the share price of UBS, the Swiss bank, is fighting a deportation order to Ghana — and the bag gives the 38-year-old the distinct look of someone who may need to leave the country in a hurry.

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